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Jeremy are you going to try to add your own Zim to this build? I look forward to watching your progress.

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Correct if I'm wrong please,but I don't think any Henschel's had zimm

Jeremy, you mention in your posts your frustrations with the putty and brother, I feel your pain. Just a tip I found to help out with the application of the putty and to minimize or completely eliminate sanding altogether is as follows: Place some putty ( I also use squadron) on a palate of some sort and thin it out a bit with some acetone (nail polish remover.) next I use a putty knife or a toothpick depending on how big the gap is and fill the seam/hole. Let it dry for about 10 to 20 min and then take a cotton swab and dampen it in the acetone. Take the swab and gently use it to wipe away the excess putty from the seam. Dont push to hard or you will remove the putty from inside whatever you are trying to fill. On smaller gaps you won't even need to sand! One word of advice, once it dries there is usualy some shrinkage so you might need to repeat the process twice, but it beats sanding away those fine details.

Jeremy are you going to try to add your own Zim to this build? I look forward to watching your progress.

Correct if I'm wrong please,but I don't think any Henschel's had zimm

this Jagdtiger is looking great. the tip about thinning the putty with nail polish remover is a good one indeed. there are some occasions though where you may have to sand an area and "rescribe" the detailed textures back in. some modelers use a hobby knife but i bought a scribing tool with 10 different scribing bits (some round, diamond or square shaped ends). i think i bought it at an artist supply store... it was many decades ago. mine looks kind of like this:



cheers, mh

Hello,
First I want to say this looks like a great build so far. You seem to have done a good bit of homework on your subject.
If this is you first ( or even 2nd or 3rd ) build, may I make a suggestion? I would suggest spending a little less time on super detailing and possibly put those efforts into learning more finnishing ( painting ) techniques? It is true that details like those that you are applying make for a nice model. However, if your model is full of great detail but has a lack luster paint job, it will not live up to all of the effort that you have put into the physical details. However, a model with less detail but a stuning paint job and finnish, looks so much better than the reverse.
You can take a model with less detail and make it look stunning with an excelent pait job. However, a super detailed model with a mediocre paint job will not stand out as much.
This is just my opinion. I do not know if this helps but I hope it gives a new -or- different perspective on the process.